Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!  
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.  

When Britain first, at heaven's command,  
Arose from out the azure main,  
This was the charter of the land,  
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:  

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The nations not so blest as thee  
Must, in their turn, to tyrants fall,  
While thou shalt flourish great and free:  
The dread and envy of them all.  

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Still more majestic shalt thou rise,  
More dreadful from each foreign stroke,  
As the loud blast that tears the skies  
Serves but to root thy native oak.  

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Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame;  
All their attempts to bend thee down  
Will but arouse thy generous flame,  
But work their woe and thy renown.  

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To thee belongs the rural reign;  
Thy cities shall with commerce